Shift weight or ask for a position change
When to use this goal
For students who use a wheelchair or sit for long periods and whose health or PT plan calls for regular pressure relief, but who wait for an adult to remember. Base the choice on the PT's and nurse's plan, which sets the method and the schedule.
- Baseline
- For a week, record each scheduled relief time: whether the student did it, asked for help, or waited for an adult. The PT checks technique once before data start.
- Tips
- Score each scheduled time as met when the student started the relief or asked within a short wait. Teachers allow the movement at any time. Skin checks and equipment belong to the nurse and PT.
- Limits
- Does not check that the relief is done well enough; the PT reviews that. Skin problems need medical attention right away. This goal never replaces the individualized health plan, medication orders, or an emergency action plan; the nurse, the family, and the student's health care provider decide care, and the goal follows their plan.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-hlt-016.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when their pressure relief reminder sounds during class, the student will complete their taught pressure relief (a lean, a push-up, or a tilt) for the time the PT set, or ask an adult for a position change independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by direct observation collected daily.
Baseline: 1 of 6 opportunities.
- Condition
- Observable behavior
- Criterion
- Measurement method
Measurability check11 of 11 met
Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.
Met: Condition. Stated.
Met: Unit fits the behavior. Opportunities fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Direct observation gives opportunities data.
Met: Review timeframe. Stated.
Met: Baseline and target compatible. Same unit, change in the right direction.
Met: Aligned with area of need. Still about Health & Self-Management.
Met: Level of support. Defined.
Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.
Checks structure and wording only. Whether the goal fits the student is the team's call.
Short-term objectives (optional)
When are objectives required?Required for students on alternate assessments (34 CFR §300.320(a)(2)(ii)); some states require them for everyone.
Paste into your IEP system
Most district systems have a separate box for each part of a goal. Copy them one at a time, or all at once as labeled text.
- Area of need
- Functional & Independence Skills - Health & Self-Management
- Baseline
- 1 of 6 opportunities.
- Annual goal360 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when their pressure relief reminder sounds during class, the student will complete their taught pressure relief (a lean, a push-up, or a tilt) for the time the PT set, or ask an adult for a position change independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by direct observation collected daily.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When their pressure relief reminder sounds during class
- Behavior
- The student will complete their taught pressure relief (a lean, a push-up, or a tilt) for the time the PT set, or ask an adult for a position change independently
- Criteria
- In at least 5 of 6 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Daily
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Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in at least 5 of 6 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- on 4 of 5 observed days
- Collection schedule:
- daily
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when their pressure relief reminder sounds during class, the student will complete their taught pressure relief (a lean, a push-up, or a tilt) for the time the PT set, or ask an adult for a position change independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by direct observation collected daily.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | # + (of 6) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Record up to 6 opportunities per session, matching the goal's denominator.
- Define in advance what counts as an opportunity so every data collector records the same thing.
- Count only + marks toward the criterion unless the goal specifies prompted responses.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.